{"id":28243,"date":"2015-02-11T08:00:53","date_gmt":"2015-02-11T13:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lionbrand.com/community/blog\/?p=28243"},"modified":"2021-10-22T00:24:24","modified_gmt":"2021-10-22T04:24:24","slug":"colette-smith-turns-craft-into-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lionbrand.com/community/blog\/colette-smith-turns-craft-into-art\/","title":{"rendered":"Colette Smith Turns Craft into Art!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Colette Smith is passionate about teaching knitters and crocheters <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/LOpDVR4UGTs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">techniques to help keep wrists and hands pain-free<\/a>. That&#8217;s because she&#8217;s an amazing fiber artist herself who knits for hours every day!\u00a0Colette designs and creates incredible <a href=\"http:\/\/colettesgarden.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sculptures<\/a>,\u00a0including\u00a0dragons, insects, and sea creatures. These fanciful creations can be over six feet tall and sometimes take over 15 miles of yarn to complete!<\/p>\n<p>While Colette visited the Lion Brand booth at Vogue Knitting Live, I\u00a0asked her about her experiences making such unique pieces of art and she shared some tips for beginners:<\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QC6O87adDJQ\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>:: Having trouble viewing the video above? Click here:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/QC6O87adDJQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/youtu.be\/QC6O87adDJQ<\/a> ::<\/em><\/p>\n<p>P.S. If you live in the New York City area, you can see Colette&#8217;s art in-person at the Lion Brand Yarn Studio &#8211; watch the Lion Brand Studio blog for details in the coming days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colette Smith is passionate about teaching knitters and crocheters techniques to help keep wrists and hands pain-free. That&#8217;s because she&#8217;s an amazing fiber artist herself who knits for hours every day!\u00a0Colette designs and creates incredible sculptures,\u00a0including\u00a0dragons, insects, and sea creatures. 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